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| A collection of raw facts from which conclusions may be drawn. |
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| The knowledge derived from DATA. |
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What factors have contributed to the growth of digital data?
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- An increase in data-processing capabilities.
- The lower cost of digital storage.
- Affordable and faster communication technology.
- The proliferation of applications and smart devices.
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Organized in rows and columns in a rigedly defined format so that application can retrieve and proccess it efficiently.
Typically stored using a DBMS. |
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| Database Management System |
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Data is unstructured if it's elements cannot be stored in rows and columns.
Examples: Costumer contacts can be stored as sticky notes, e-mail messages, business cards or .doc/.txt/.pdf digital formats. |
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| Data sets whose sizes are beyond the capability of commonly used software tools to capture, store, manage and process within acceptable time limits. |
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| Massively Parallel Processing |
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| The synthesis of several existing disciplines, such as statistics, math, data visualization and computer science to enable data scientists to develop advanced algorithms for the purpose of analyzing vast amounts of information to drive new value and make more data-driven decisions. |
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| Devices designed for storing data. |
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| Server-Centric Storage Architecture |
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| Open System in which the storage is internal to the server, and can not be shared with other servers. |
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| Information Centric Storage Architecture |
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| Storage devices are managed centrally and independent of servers. These storage devices are shared with multiple servers. |
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Core Elements essential for the functionality of a data center.
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- An application provides the logic for computing operations.
- A DBMS provides a structured way to store data in logically organized tables that are interrelated.
- A host or computer provides a computing platform - containing harware firmware and software - that runs applications and databases.
- A network provides a data path that facilitates communication among various networker devices.
- Storage includes a device that stores data persistently for subsequent use.
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What are the Characteristics of Storage Systems?
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- Availability
- Security
- Capacity
- Scalability
- Performance
- Data Integrity
- Manageability
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| Data Center Characteristic - Availability |
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| A data center should ensure the availability of information when required. Unavailability of information could cost millions of dollars per hour to businesses. |
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| Data Center Characteristic - Security |
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| Data centers must establish security policies, procedures, and core element integration to prevent unauthorized access to information. |
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| Data Center Characteristic - Capacity |
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| Data center operations required adequate resources to store and process large amounts of data efficiently. What capacity requirements increase, the data center must provide additional capacity without interrupting availability or with minimal disruption. |
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| Data Center Characteristic - Scalability |
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| Business growth often requires deploying more servers, new applications and additional databases. Data center resources should scale based on requirements, without interrupting business operations. |
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| Data Center Characteristic - Performance |
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| All the elements of the data center should provide optimal performance based on the required service levels. |
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| Data Center Characteristic - Data Integrity |
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| Data integrity refers to mechanisms, such as error correction codes or parity bits, which ensure that data is stored and retrieved exactly as it was received. |
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| Data Center Characteristic - Manageability |
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| A data center should provide easy and integrated management of all it's elements. Manageability can be achieved through automation and reduction of human, or manual intervention in common tasks. |
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What are the key Management Activities for a Data Center ?
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- Monitoring
- Reporting
- Provisioning
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| Data Center Task - Monitoring |
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| A continues process of gathering information on various elements and services running in a data center. |
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| Data Center Task - Reporting |
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| Reporting is done periodicalyy on resource performance, capacity and utilization. Reporting tasks help to establish business justifications and chargeback of costs associated with data center operations. |
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| Data Center Task - Provisioning |
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| Provisioning is a process of providing the hardware, software and other resources required to run a data center. Provisioning activities primarily include resources management to meet capacity, availability, performance and security requirements. |
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| A technique of abstracting physical resources, and making them appear as logical resources. |
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| Enables individuals or business to use IT resources as a service over the network. |
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